Information provision method and information provision device

Abstract

An attribute of a user is acquired; a current location of the user is acquired after the user has started traveling; when a POI is present within a predetermined range from the current location of the user on a standard map including POIs to which attributes have been assigned, it is determined whether or not an attribute of a target POI within the predetermined range matches the attribute of the user; and when determining that the attribute of the target POI matches the attribute of the user, a control command to suggest the target POI as a destination is transmitted.

1 . An information provision method performed by a processor configured to provide information to a user, the information provision method comprising, by the processor:
 acquiring an attribute score of the user indicating a degree to which the user prefers a preferred field of the user;   acquiring a current location of the user after the user has started traveling;   when a POI is present within a first predetermined range from the current location of the user on a standard map on which information on POIs are recorded including a field to which the POIs belong, calculating a degree of a match between a field to which a target POI belongs within the first predetermined range and the preferred field of the user;   when the degree of the match is higher than a predetermined threshold, determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user; and   when determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user, transmitting a control command to suggest the target POI as a destination,   wherein the degree of the match is calculated to be higher as the attribute score of the user and an attribute score of the target POI are higher, the attribute score of the target POI indicating a degree to which the target POI is recommended to users who prefer the field to which the target POI belongs.   
     
     
         2 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , comprising, by the processor:
 before the user starts traveling, transmitting to a terminal device of the user a control command to display the standard map; and   when determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user, transmitting to the terminal device a control command to display a specialized map specializing in information on the field to which the target POI belongs, instead of the standard map.   
     
     
         3 . The information provision method according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 transmitting to the terminal device a control command to display a travel route from the current location of the user to the target POI on the specialized map by the processor.   
     
     
         4 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 transmitting to a terminal device of the user a control command to suggest changing the destination to the target POI, or a control command to suggest setting the target POI as a waypoint between the current location of the user and the destination by the processor.   
     
     
         5 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , comprising, by the processor:
 before a vehicle in which the user is starts traveling, transmitting to an in-vehicle navigation device of the vehicle a control command to display the standard map; and   when determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user, transmitting to the in-vehicle navigation device a control command to display a specialized map specializing in information on the field to which the target POI belongs, instead of the standard map.   
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , wherein the field includes history-, geography-, geology-, meteorology-, and paleontology-related fields. 
     
     
         8 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , comprising, by the processor:
 before the user starts traveling, transmitting to a terminal device of the user a control command to display the standard map;   when the user sets a search center point on the standard map, determining whether or not the POI is present within a second predetermined range from the search center point;   when determining that the POI is present within the second predetermined range from the search center point, determining whether or not the field to which a target POI within the second predetermined range belongs matches the preferred field of the user; and   when determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user, transmitting to the terminal device a control command to display a specialized map specializing in information on the field to which the target POI belongs, instead of the standard map.   
     
     
         9 . The information provision method according to  claim 1 , comprising, by the processor:
 determining whether or not the user has arrived at the target POI; and   when determining that the user has arrived at the target POI, transmitting to a terminal device of the user a control command to display a specialized map specializing in information on the field to which the target POI belongs.   
     
     
         10 . An information provision device comprising a processor configured to provide information to a user, wherein the processor is configured to:
 acquire an attribute score of the user indicating a degree to which the user prefers a preferred field of the user;   acquire a current location of the user after the user has started traveling;   when a POI is present within a first predetermined range from the current location of the user on a standard map on which information on POIs are recorded including a field to which the POIs belong, calculating a degree of a match between a field to which a target POI belongs within the first predetermined range and the preferred field of the user;   when the degree of the match is higher than a predetermined threshold, determine that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the field of the user; and   when determining that the field to which the target POI belongs matches the preferred field of the user, transmit a control command to suggest the target POI as a destination,   wherein the degree of the match is calculated to be higher as the attribute score of the user and an attribute score of the target POI are higher, the attribute score of the target POI indicating a degree to which the target POI is recommended to users who prefer the field to which the target POI belongs.